The Right Mindset to Keep the Weight Off

Way too frequently people spend weeks losing weight, just to reach their goal weight, stop the diet, and then weight is gradually put back on. It's a terrible cycle to be stuck in.

A study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that individuals who successfully lost weight AND kept the weight off altered their principles after losing weight.

This was a telephone survey of 1165 adult who had successfully lost weight with some maintaining the weight loss. Researchers took the data and compiled a list of 36 behaviors at least 10% of the surveyed adults adapted.

Weight loss was defined as losing 10% or more body weight during the previous 12 months. So for a 200 pound individual this would equal a weight loss of 20 pounds.

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Maintenance was defined as losing 10% or more body weight during the previous 12 months and keeping it off for one year or more.

What does this mean? They didn't reach their goal weight and suddenly decide they could stop ‘dieting'. They made changes they would stick with for life. As you are starting your weight loss journey (or starting it for the umpteenth time!) you need to think about how you can incorporate the changes you make long term.